Coronal Loop Workshop XII

The Coronal Loop Workshop will be held from Monday 8th to Thursday 11th June 2026 at Northumbria University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

The Coronal Loops Workshops are a series of highly focused biennial meetings, organised since 2002. They deal with the observation and modelling of magnetically confined solar plasma. The general objective is to understand the physical processes that create and heat the magnetically closed corona (i.e. not flares, and jets).

The Coronal Loop Workshop XII's overarching theme is “Magnetic Field Reconfiguration and Energy Partition”. We welcome submissions on high-resolution observations, heating and cooling of loop structures at different scales, and advanced numerical modelling.

This is the 12th workshop of the well-established series. Past workshops were held in Orsay (2002), Palermo (2004), Santorini (2007), Firenze (2009), Palma de Mallorca (2011), La Roche-en-Ardenne (2013), Cambridge (2015), Palermo (2017), St Andrews (2019), Paris (2022), and La Laguna/Tenerife (2024).

The abstract submission (for talks and posters) and pre-registration is open from the 15th of February until the 15th March 2026. We encourage graduate students and early-career postdocs to participate and present their research work. We will offer limited funding to support PhD candidates and ECRs. While abstracts are not required for participation, preference will be given to those who submit abstracts, to limit the number of participants to 75.

Abstract Submissions have now Closed

Registration - coming soon

Key Event Details

Dates: Monday 8 - Thursday 11 June 2026

Location: The Great Hall, Sutherland Building, Ellison Pl, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST

Venue Access: There is a step-free entrance to the side of the building and there is lift access to all floors. More information on building access can be found on our AccessAble pages.

Registration fees:

Full conference: £270

Full conference with dinner: £320

Key Dates:

Sunday 15 February 2026, 23:59 GMT - Pre-registration and Abstract Submissions open

Sunday 15 March 2026, 23:59 GMT - Abstract Submission and Pre-registration close

Monday 20 April 2026, 23:59 BST - Applicants will be informed if their submissions have been successful by this date, paid registrations open

Monday 25 May 2026, 23:59 BST - Registration close.

Travel and Dining

Getting here

Newcastle upon Tyne is home to an international airport and is easily accessible by air, rail and road.

Delegates travelling by train to the workshop are eligible for a 20% discount on LNER trains - to be sent the discount code, please get in touch.

More more information about getting here, please click the image below.

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner will be held on Wednesday 10 June at The Biscuit Factory, an independent art gallery and restaurant located on the edge of Ouseburn, Newcastle’s cultural quarter. The Biscuit Factory is a short 10 minute walk away from Northumbria University's campus.

The Biscuit Factory art gallery

Venue and Accommodation

Workshop Venue

The workshop will be held in the Great Hall in the Sutherland Building, number 27 on the campus map.

Sutherland Building is a Grade II listed building home to the University's School of Architecture. An accessibility guide for the building is available here.

Click the image below for a virtual tour of the Great Hall.

Accommodation

Thanks to our partners at the NewcastleGateshead Initiative (NGI), attendees can take advantage of special, discounted hotel rates across a range of conveniently located city hotels. Don't miss out — view the hotel selection, compare rates, and book now!